Here’s how to see which apps have access to your Facebook data — and cut them off
If you've ever opened an app and selected the option to "log in with Facebook" instead of creating a new account, chances are that the people or company behind that app know a lot about you. According to Facebook, each app that you log into will get your gender, networks …
Facebook is a ‘textbook case study on how not to handle a crisis,’ NYU professor says
Facebook is a 'textbook case study on how not to handle a crisis,' NYU professor says. New York University Business Professor of Marketing Scott Galloway argues Facebook's handling of the Cambridge Analytica fallout is all wrong. He has some advice for Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg: … Read More
Facebook is being investigated by New York and Massachusetts attorneys general over …
New York and Massachusetts attorneys general are demanding that Facebook hand over information about how Cambridge Analytica used its data. They announced a joint investigation today following reports over the weekend that Cambridge Analytica improperly acquired data on 50 million Facebook … Read More
Is This Time Different for Facebook?
In a day-and-a-half of stock market trading, Facebook has lost about $50 billion in market value after revelations about misuses of Facebook user data and the company's typically inept response. Facebook's 6.8 percent share decline on Monday was the worst percentage swoon for the company since … Read More
Thinking of leaving Facebook? Not so fast . . .
Years ago, in a bid to claw back some time for myself, I decided to wave my Facebook profile off on a cyber-funeral pyre. It had become the ultimate time-suckage device. It's a blizzard of white noise featuring pointless animal videos, “inspirational” Marilyn Monroe quotes, and new parents yammering on … …
Federal Trade Commission ‘investigates Facebook’ over Cambridge Analytica
The US Federal Trade Commission is reported to be investigating Facebook after allegations that 50 million users' private information was misused by a political consultancy firm. Cambridge Analytica, used by Donald Trump in the 2016 US election, has been accused by a whistleblower of taking the … Read More
How to delete Facebook
If you've finally given up on the world's most popular social media network and want to get rid of Facebook, it's not too complicated to remove yourself from the service. But before you delete all of those pictures, posts, and Likes, you should download your personal information from Facebook first. …
Facebook is losing control of the narrative — and maybe the platform
The longer you consider Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal, the stranger it seems. The basic details of the story, in which a researcher improperly gave away data to the company that became Donald Trump's data operations team in 2016, have been known for two years. The effectiveness of … Read More
A Hurricane Flattens Facebook
Two weeks ago, Facebook learned that The New York Times, Guardian, and Observer were working on blockbuster stories based on interviews with a man named Christopher Wylie. The core of the tale was familiar but the details were new, and now the scandal was attached to a charismatic face with …
Facebook stock drops after reports of FTC probe and UK summons of Zuckerberg in data scandal
The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users. Shares of Facebook fell nearly 5 percent Tuesday, after falling as much as 8 percent on Monday. UK officials are also investigating the alleged … Read …